Oriental Rugs & Carpets; Asian, African, Pre-Columbian & Devotional Works of Art

SENUFO FIRE-SPITTER MASK, of bush cow form, with quadruped head mount, traces of red and black pigment, ht. 33.9" - 86 cm.

SENUFO FIRE-SPITTER MASK, with gaping mouth, band horns and scarified forehead, ht. 16.9" - 43 cm.

SENUFO RHYTHM POUNDER, of a woman with hands to belly and ovoid scarified face, ht. 37.4" - 95 cm.

DOGON FIGURE OF A MAN, standing with hands to thighs and wearing a pointed goatee, ht. 27.6" - 70 cm.

PAIR OF YORUBA EDAN OSHUGBO (OGBONI) STAFFS, of a man and a woman, ht. 7.9" - 20 cm.

FINE SENUFO HEDDLE PULLEY, with avial mount, ht. 6.7" - 17 cm. See illustration

FINE DAN MASK, with bold descending avial snout, fringed with hair, ht. 10.2" - 26 cm. See illustration

FINE ASHANTI WOOD SPOON, the ovoid blow and straight shank surmounted by a horned mask, ht. 8.7" - 22 cm.

MENDE BUNDU HELMET MASK, with multilayered hair and geometric banding to the sides of the head, ht. 14.6" - 37 cm.

YORUBA EGUNGUN MASK, with tall pointed ears, a row of quadrupeds to the brow, open mouth and pointed goatee, a crocodile to the rear, painted white, r

GOOD DAN PASSPORT MASK, with metal onlaid eyes and concave face, ht. 6.1" - 15.5 cm.

GOOD ANYI AKAN TERRACOTTA HEAD, with two rows of bosses to the hair line, with finely worked mouth and eyes, ht. 7.5" - 19 cm.

BAULE MASK, with heavily folded hairband, metal and cloth onlaid eyes, the open mouth with bone teeth, ht. 10.6" - 27 cm.

N IBIBIO EKPO MASK, with articulated jaw revealing nail teeth, the bound hair with two pendant braids, ht. 9.1" - 23 cm.

YORUBA IBEJI FIGURE, of a standing woman, with green bead necklace and cockscomb coif, ht. 10.6" - 27 cm.

DAN PASSPORT MASK, with broad bulbous forehead and metal onlaid eyes, the hooked nose set with hair, ht. 6.3" - 16 cm.

MUMUYE FIGURE OF AN ANCESTOR, with high coif and pendant flanges, broad arms and legs, traces of white pigment, ht. 23.2" - 59 cm.

YORUBA GRAINERY DOOR, worked with a border of geometric panels, ht. 15.4" - 39 cm.

YORUBA FIGURE OF A WOMAN, wearing European dress, painted in colours on a brown ground, ht. 16.1" - 41 cm.

DOGON FIGURE FRAGMENT, of a man with raised arms, ht. 13" - 33 cm.